Price reduction for withdrawn cases could lead to more people using UDRP to get registrant data. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) introduced new pricing options today, and one change will allow people to peek behind Whois privacy ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Spammers feast on .us Whois data
· Policy & LawRegistering a .us domain has become untenable for consumers due to fully-public Whois information. For years, spamming and cold-calling operations thrived on Whois data. Whenever a new domain was registered, they'd relentlessly contact the new ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Hey UDRP panelists, we need to talk about Whois privacy
· Policy & LawHave some panelists still not gotten the memo? Yesterday, I wrote about Whois privacy and UDRP complaints. I took issue with World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Warwick Rothnie's decision not to find reverse domain name hijacking, in ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Nigeria’s domain registry redacts Whois data across namespace
· Policy & LawWhois privacy was implemented for all domain names today. Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the registry that manages Nigeria's .ng country code domain, implemented Whois privacy on all .ng domain names today. Previously, Whois ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
It’s time to retire the outdated Whois privacy argument in cybersquatting disputes
· Policy & LawIt's 2024. UDRP Complainants must stop making an argument that's no longer true. John Berryhill won another UDRP this week. While there's a lot I could write about his successful defense (pdf) of the domain name transco.com, I want to focus on one ... Continue Reading7 Comments
U.S. Gov considers Whois privacy for .us domain names
· Policy & LawWhois information would still be easy to obtain on a limited basis. Nearly all domain name ownership data has been redacted from public Whois in the wake of privacy regulations such as GDPR. But one top level domain name remains an outlier: ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Lawmakers push for Whois privacy on .us domains
· Policy & Law10 Democrats ask NTIA to add Whois privacy to .us domain names. While Whois records in most top level domains are now private, .us remains an outlier: the U.S. government specifically forbids Whois privacy on .us domain registrations. It has ... Continue Reading4 Comments
How to change your GoDaddy Whois privacy settings
· Domain RegistrarsHere's how to display some of your information in Whois. GoDaddy now adds Domains by Proxy Whois privacy to all domains by default. But there might be cases where you want your data exposed in Whois. In this tutorial, I will walk through how to change ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Reminder: there’s no Whois privacy for .us domain names
· Policy & LawDon't expect to remain private if you register a .us domain name. Last July, Chaya Raichik registered the domain name LibsofTikTok.com to go along with her Libs of TikTok Twitter account. In October, she apparently decided to protect her brand ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Is a Whois privacy service an alter ego of the registrar?
· Policy & LawDomain registrars might be too tight with their privacy services, which could create legal headaches. For years, domain name registrars have set up separate legal entities for their Whois privacy services. They did this to comply with ICANN rules ... Continue Reading7 Comments
